Summer FEA Engineer Intern — Vehicle Simulation

Oshkosh Corporation; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Summer housing available

Job summary

Oshkosh Corporation invites a Mechanical Engineering student intern to join our modeling and simulation team in Madison, WI. You will assist engineers with FEA, use tools like ANSA, META, and Optistruct, and help validate models using available data and reports.

Responsibilities include analyzing results, drafting technical reports, and developing scripts to automate simulation tasks, contributing to vehicle development programs in a hands-on internship.

Qualifications

• Student working towards an undergraduate or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or related Engineering field.
• Willing to travel or relocate to Oshkosh, WI for the duration of the summer 2026 internship. Summer housing is available to interns whose permanent address is greater than 50 miles from their work location
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Learning and utilizing various modeling and simulation software tools, including pre and post processing tools like ANSA or META and model solvers like Optistruct or Abaqus to aid in the development of vehicles and system level components
• Perform model validation and correlation based on available data to assess model accuracy
• Analyze simulation results to draw actionable conclusions and compose technical reports
• Use and develop custom software tools to process, analyze, and automate simulation

Skills

Analytical thinking

Vehicle experience

Python exposure

FEA software experience

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

ANSA

META

Optistruct

Abaqus

SolidWorks Simulation

NX FEA

Job description

Oshkosh Corporation invites a Mechanical Engineering student intern to join our modeling and simulation team in Madison, WI. You will assist engineers with FEA, use tools like ANSA, META, and Optistruct, and help validate models using available data and reports.

Responsibilities include analyzing results, drafting technical reports, and developing scripts to automate simulation tasks, contributing to vehicle development programs in a hands-on internship.